Inventory Number: | P 16507 | |
Section Number: | ΓΓ 962 | |
Title: | Amphora Fragment | |
Category: | Pottery | |
Description: | Mended from many pieces, but substantially complete to the edge of the shoulder; filled out in plaster; a few non-joining fragments from the wall are in storage. Sharply sloping shoulder set off from the neck by a ridge; rather wide neck, with a handle-ridge near the top and a wide projecting rim, flat on top. Broad handles from ridge to shoulder angle. Light reddish-buff clay with pale buff slip. Matte red paint covers the lip, and extends down the neck to the handle-ridge and over the top of the handles. Around the edge of the shoulder is a zone of narrow painted bands, alternating dark brown and white; three brown and two white remain. Cf. P 13687 and CVA Leipzig 1, pl. 50, 4, called 5th. century, with earlier refs. to examples in Rhodes. | |
Notes: | Not found in 2013. | |
Context: | Well, middle fill, containers 11-25. Context ca. 425-400 B.C. | |
Negatives: | Leica | |
Dimensions: | P.H. 0.158; Diam. (shoulder) 0.201 | |
Date: | May, June 1939 | |
Section: | ΓΓ | |
Grid: | ΓΓ:32/ΛΑ | |
Elevation: | -2.80 to -4.20m. | |
Masl: | -4.2--2.8m. | |
Deposit: | G 18:1.2 | |
Period: | Greek | |
Bibliography: | Agora XII, no. 1497, pl. 63. | |
Is Similar To: | Agora:Object:P 13687 | |
Agora:Object:CVA Leipzig 1, pl. 50, 4. | ||
References: | Publication: Agora XII Publication Page: Agora 12.2, s. 38, p. 411 Object: Agora XII, no. 1497 Deposit: G 18:1 Deposit: G 18:1.2 Card: P 16507 Card: P 16507 |